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"I think I&039; this very well," I said after a few ht slide by the carWe were approaching the town and the fae "Mind you, the only other available option is to completely lose my mind, so I don&039;t havethis all very, very well I&039;, although so all three"
He patted my blanket-covered knee "I appreciate the fact that you are restraining your hysterical tendencies This is a" He hesitated for a uy, you mean? I have to tell you, Theo, I don&039;t believe in hell any more than I do in heaven"
He drove in silence for a few minutes "Just as the Court of Divine Blood is not heaven, so Abaddon is not hell, although it is commonly referred to as such The prince you refer to is the head of all the seven demon lords who rule Abaddon, and I&039;m sorry to say that they do very ue the point, but I rerips with the idea that there was ument could wait
Not to mention the fact that I now had to ad
"So what is this deuy likely to do? He can&039;t hurt us, can he?"
Theo laughed a particularly h It made a little chill skitter down my back "He&039;s likely to des do not come cheap, or so the demon lords would have us believe"
We turned into the pub&039;s noded parking lot "Wait a secondare you saying I just destroyed the demon&039;s body, but not the demon itself?"
"Yes Dees into a different form, but isn&039;t actually obliterated, if you understand what I mean"
"Of course I understand It&039;s the first law of therhtly aroundat Theo&039;s look of confusion "Energy is neither created nor destroyed It can be transfory to another, but the su is that a dey, so it y of the deo on to draw an analogy about what the physical form is like, but unless you&039;re into physics, it would probably seeh that rolled aroundthat I identified with some surprise as happiness "You have the uess it&039;s better to have you admire my mind over my breasts, like the other men I&039;ve dated"
A little fla in his eyes "Oh, I adreatly, have no fear But I do appreciate the desire you have to understand how the world works, rather than just blindly accepting it"
I shuddered despite the warh the door he opened for me "Blind faith was never my forte So what do we do about this Bael?"
The pub was just about to close alked in the door I won&039;t say conversation caht of ive lances
"Ierfell in the river," I explained to the pub owner, alked past carrying a batch of dirty glasses
He eyed the blanket I clutched around
"Maybe we&039;d better discuss this in a more private area," I said quietly to Theo
"Whither you lead, so shall I follow," he said with a little bow
What a haeous ha down on the bed still clutching the blanket My rooin with, but with Theo in it, it suddenly seemed very small and intiht I was very, very aware of hi o he had tried to throttleitself on hio, I toldwith anticipation I touched ers had left it bruised and tender He could easily have killedback to ot up to look in the mirror on the inside of the wardrobe door The blanket slid to the floor "Where are my bruises?"
"I have no idea Do you normally have bruises on your neck?"
"I do when people try to strangle me The day that you did that, and tried to kidnap us, I had bruises all over my neck, and it was tender to the touch Now they&039;re all gone And for thatit in a wide circle "My sore shoulder isn&039;t the least bit sore, and the doctor at the hospital said it would probably be a few days before the pain and stiffness wore off"
Hemy neck It felt so ive in "I am sorry that I hurt you, Portia I never meant to harm you"
"I know," I said, horrified by how breathyso close to ainst my emotions and bodily demands "Now, at least I didn&039;t know it then But that doesn&039;t explain why the bruises are gone"
His thumb brushed the hollow in my throat I sed convulsively
"You are a virtue They healed"
"I thought I wasn&039;t officially part of the iht in my throat as his hand slid down to littering blackly
"You&039;re not immortal yet But you are a virtue, which ood" My breasts tightened and sent little zings of pleasure down to ainst his shirt, the heat fro me like the blanket couldn&039;t